Seaweed-don't miss it!

[beachpirate]

I am looking forward to my surf fishing (selfish me) and really hope that it does not ruin it. It can really gunk up the lines and make it not worth doing. Oh well.

 

[Beach Runner]

I was raving to everyone about how clear the water was. Then on Tuesday the seaweed appeared. At least it's not that slimey green stuff.

 

[JB]

Unfortunately, it won't be long until the calls start coming in for the TDC to rake it up and take it off the beach.

However, this yearly influx of seaweed is very good for the beach, in addition to what Skunky was talking about. Sandy beaches are for lack of a better description, a desert wasteland, as far as organic fertilizer goes. When the seaweed washes up on the beach, it dries out rather quickly leaving that wonderful odor that everyone appreciates;-). After it dries it breaks up and is blown all around the beach and most importantly up into the dunes. This is the major non-human source of fertilizer for our dunes outside of rainwater so it is very important for the dunes and beaches.

That being said, the question often comes up, why don't you go ahead and move it to the toe of the dunes. Well, the answer is that the County can't do it as if they touch it, it has to be taken off the beach which is bad for the beach and is impractical as quickly as it washes in. This is due to state and federal permitting issues. So now you know why the County does not actively participate in seaweed removal and why it is good for the beach.

The beach service guys at High Pointe were raking it up last year because people, uh, actually complained about it. A deputy on a four-wheeler drove by and made them stop, citing the exact reasons mentioned by you and SJ.

 

[beachpirate]

Can anyone post a pic of the beach....si I can get an idea of what I am up against....Thanks
guys

 

[ASH]

I'll probably be down there shortly. I see that my phone.....is not working....too well this afternoon. Will also hit the beach in the AM. I will post after that of what it looks like near Ed Walline in SRB.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Can anyone post a pic of the beach....si I can get an idea of what I am up against....Thanks
guys

This isn't SOWAL, but it is pretty much what it was like yesterday.

 

[ASH]

My area wasn't quite that bad, but probably will be in a few days.

 

[Sand Angel]

I love the sargassum! It is great fun to see what is living in all the clumps washing in. We have found some really great little creatures in it. I know a lot of people complain about it, but if you can't fish for dinner, try looking at the little guys hanging out in the sargassum that you will be able to catch for dinner in a few years. ;-)

No sargassum = No hiding places for little fish = No big fish to catch later

 

[beachpirate]

thanks for the boost....

 

[Smiling JOe]

Got some pics of two different Sargassum Angler Fish, today, and some shaky, splashy video. Also saw some very different crabs living in the Sargassum Grass. Will try to remember to post tomorrow. Oh yeah, found plenty of trash some of which appears to have been at sea for a while, covered with barnacles.